P.W.M.B

so im thinking of painting my grill and logo. i was wondering if you guys had any suggestions on what paint to use? i want to paint the grill with some gloss black and the infiniti logo to match the car (a54 vibrant red). do you know where i can get paint for the red?

Also must i sand down the grill and logo before painting? on my last infiniti i plasti dipped my grill with out sanding it and it worked fine.

VaderK52

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Your answer is in bold.

Ruserious

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Plasti Dip = No Sanding needed
Paint = Sanding Needed

P.W.M.B

my only concern is that plasti dip is a flat black i wanted to go with more of a semi gloss black

BluestickG

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then sand it and use a gloss black spray paint. I did my own with gloss black and clear coat. Its been almost 2 years and held up great.

budiu22

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dont do it!!!

looks ****ing ugly as hell

i have a a54 as well and i tried it, everyone at the shop + all the people i showed it to said it looks like ****

didnt last 2 days in my grille

talking about red symbol OFC blacked out grille (matte black preferably) looks great

myk1013

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OP, you can try the Duplicolor Shadow black chrome paint kit.

You don't need to sand and just apply as much coats of the shadow depending on how dark you want it.

BLAIR'N G372012

Take your grill to a body shop and will cost about $50 or less I paid $45.00 at my local body shop near my house... you can choose what gloss you want even matt... then take it home and do the emblem at your choice of color...
They water sanded it shot it done in a day.. clean and looks like the factory midnight blk grill... tell them shoot it in Kh3 which is Infiniti blk... but many others use that blk...
no down time in my case but even a shop may take a couple of days pending how busy they are...

P.W.M.B

dam thats alot of hate. is it that bad? i really had my mind set on it but from your comment im kinda backing down now.

P.W.M.B

nice. just looked into that. looks pretty good. never heard of that before. might give that a shot.

ScrewstonNismo

dipyourcar(dot)com sells glossifier for this exact reason. Check out there youtube channel for tutorials too - stuff worked well for me.

blnewt

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Vinyl wrap it gloss black, no sanding needed, looks great, won't chip like paint, and if you ever want to go back to factory chrome just peel it off. Any car wrap shop should be able to do it and should come in around $75. I've DIY wrapped several grills, takes about an hour.

Ruserious

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The Glossifier Sucks imo. It doesn't look glossy. Gives it more of a 'shine' that's about it.. Take it to a body shop and have it painted professionally. Won't run you more than $60

tommylynn

Wow. Is there a lot of cutting and precise placement required to make this work?

Rad_Slinger

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No. You just lay a complete sheet over it and let the vinyl do the work. It will shrink and conform to all the cracks and crevices on its own.

Why do you ask?